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When Samuel Wait Jr. entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a freshman in 1949, the campus was vastly different place. During this post-war period, the Houston Field House was just opening its doors and some of the first women were joining Wait and his classmates in the labs and lecture halls.

When Samuel Wait Jr. entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a freshman in 1949, the campus was vastly different place. During this post-war period, the Houston Field House was just opening its doors and some of the first women were joining Wait and his classmates in the labs and lecture halls.

James Hendler, the senior constellation professor of the Tetherless World Research Constellation and assistant dean for information technology, and Jeffrey Trinkle, professor of computer science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, have been selected as fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Fellowship is reserved for senior members of the IEEE who demonstrate extraordinary accomplishments in security, healthcare, space, smart grid/energy, or sustainable energy.

Robert Linhardt, the Ann and John H. Broadbent Jr. ’59 Senior Constellation Professor of Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been selected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

A floor-mounted cane that may help the elderly avoid falls, an inexpensive portable device that can separate gold and silt without the use of chemicals, an electronic prescription pad, and a technique to manufacture environmentally safe plush animals on a large scale are among the winning ideas in the fall 2009 Change the World Challenge contest at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

A floor-mounted cane that may help the elderly avoid falls, an inexpensive portable device that can separate gold and silt without the use of chemicals, an electronic prescription pad, and a technique to manufacture environmentally safe plush animals on a large scale are among the winning ideas in the fall 2009 Change the World Challenge contest at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered a new, more precise method for measuring how much — or how little – nanoscale interfaces love water. The investigations, led by Shekhar Garde, the Elaine and Jack S. Parker Professor at Rensselaer and head of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, were detailed in a series of three recent journal articles. This new method for measuring hydrophobicity could have important applications for the future of drug discovery, Garde said.

Professor and bone expert Deepak Vashishth has been named head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The appointment is effective November 1.